Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged people not to cast a single vote for the BJP as its leaders from the state had gone to Delhi and urged the Centre not to release funds for the MGNREGA workers and housing scheme beneficiaries.
After asking the BJP to come into an open debate on MGNREGA fund allocation to West Bengal, the national general secretary of Trinamul Congress has thrown another challenge to the saffron camp in Bengal.
The Centre has increased the 5 per cent hike of wages of MGNREGA workers in Bengal which is lowest in the country.
The Trinamul Congress on Sunday asked the Central government to publish a white paper on the money actually released to West Bengal for MGNREGA and housing for the rural poor in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023- 24.
Addressing a rally held in Belda Stadium, West Midnapore, Trinamul's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, today, threw the gauntlet to the central government, particularly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Coming down heavily on the BJP, Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said Bengal would show the way and continue the movement, till the dues are cleared.
Already 11 lakh people have registered but the actual figure could go up to 16 to 17 lakh, the chief minister
Miss Banerjee had recently announced that the deprived job card holders would be paid from the state government coffers from 1 March.
A sum of Rs 3,700 crores would be required to clear their dues, and budgetary provisions have been kept in the state Budget for 2024–25.
In yet another bid to pressurise the state government, the Centre has not cleared dues of Sarva Shiksha Mission, education minister Bratya Basu said in the Assembly today.
